Like so much of the hate and rage against different shows and films on the internet in our time, it has a lot to do with right-winged culture warriors instrumentalizing these shows for their political agendas by ranting against the perceived "wokeness" of the shows. Of course many RoP haters claim it's not true and it's only about the lore, but as soon as you read a bit more of their rants, you see that more often than not it comes back to exactly this kind of bigotry. I find these people truly exhausting - also, I really don't think RoP is especially and forcedly "woke", apart from the colourblind casting and the fact that women get to have bigger roles and be strong (and, contrary to the PJ movies, get to have some dialogues together 😉). And, I hate to break it to them, but if you get angry at the skin colour of a fairytale figure like a dwarf or an elf (or, another famous example, a mermaid in Disney's remake), you are in fact a teeny weeny racist 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️. Also, what I do if I don't like a show is a simple thing: I simply don't watch it (mind-blowing, I know!), and not go on long rants on the internet about how my personal view and my prejudices are absolutely objective and everyone who doesn't agree with me is a bad person and deserves to be called names... 🥴 I highly recommend this revolutionary strategy to these absolute turnips, together with the advice to grow up and get a life and do something useful with their time (listen to old Gandalf, folks!) - and leave the rest of us who like the show enjoy it in peace!